Parasites, emerging disease and wildlife conservation

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1163-1170

  Thompson, R C A ^a   Lymbery, A J ^a   Smith, A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Cryptosporidium; Echinococcus; Giardia; Leishmania; Toxoplasma; Trypanosoma; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSAFETY; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FAUNA; FISH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

BLASTOCYSTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ECHINOCOCCUS; GIARDIA; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 77954176754     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.04.009     Document Type: Review

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